Good morning, internutz!! Big Chill December 2013 applications are now open! They will run from October 1st through 31st. Please click the ‘apply’ tab at the top of the page, or here, to find the link to download.

This year, The Big Chill will be on Saturday, December 14th and will feature Mayo Street Arts’ main floor filled with local artists, crafters and vendors. Snacks, beer, wine and soft beverages will be available at our bar for shoppers while they do their thing. Additionally, we are transforming the artist studio space downstairs in to Santa’s Workshop where kids and kids-at-heart can make their own holiday gifts for $5. Mom + Dad can leave the kiddos downstairs while they do their shopping, or stay and make crafts if they’d like!

Today’s Vendor Spotlight features Lisa Dolloff of Wunder Budder. A bevy of product good for the skin, soul and home! Above you see a 1 oz dose of calendula oil, you know that super soft and special smell baby products have? That’s calendula, and it’s my favorite. A spritz of this and your skin (and smeller) will love you!

Drawer Sachets by Wunder Budder

Wunder Budder was founded in 2002 in Lisa’s mother’s kitchen, and later truly realized in 2010. In addition to a terrific website where you can purchase her wares (although we know you’ll see her at The Chill!) she keeps a journal to chronicle wellness and natural cleaning/treatments in her life. There’s a great recipe for a good, clean time for you and your shower when you visit the blog!

Who wouldn’t love a tin of Garden Grease in their stocking? Wunder Budder

Take a minute to browse the shop, get excited, and keep counting the days til The Big Chill! It’s Saturday, December 2nd, 2012 from 10am to 4pm at Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo Street, Portland. Oh! And stay tuned, because our beautiful poster will be ready for unveiling really soon!

Ok, fabulous artists and crafters! Our deadline for applications in our hands is Wednesday, October 31st so make sure you send in your applications ASAP! Also, please feel free to leave your application in our mailbox if you’re local. We’ll have our vendors announced on November 1st so you don’t want to be late!

Hey-yo! Hope you’ve all had an amazing summer at the beach, eating ice cream, going on vacation, visiting friends and family, yadda yadda yadda. But get to work, little elves! Because this year’s Big Chill will be Sunday, December 2nd at Mayo Street Arts Center in Portland, ME.

Applications are open on Monday, October 1st and will run through October 31st. We’ll announce our vendors on November 1st! More information about vendor fees, specific times, location and more will be available on the 1st with the applications.

Happy Sunday, all! The Big Thaw is days away (21 days, to be exact) and we’re getting very excited over here at HQ. Craftspeople are hunched diligently over their workbenches, vintage sellers are dusting off their wares, and shoppers are stuffing wads of cash in their mattress that they plan on dispensing at the Thaw. Or at least that’s how our daydream goes! Today we get to ogle over the hand-hewn silver stylings of Judy Babin of Judy B Designs. Click on any image below to visit her Etsy page, or visit Judy B Design’s Official Website. Enjoy!

Judy B Designs

Judy B Designs

Judy B Designs

Judy B Designs

So, please join us and Judy at The Big Thaw on Saturday, May 12 at the Mayo Street Arts Center at 10 Mayo Street in Portland. It’s the day before Mother’s Day!

It’s official! The 2012 Big Thaw vendors have been announced and listed right here. Before you get going browsing these talented people while you should be doing real work at your desk (guilty as charged) I’d like to let y’all know that each vendor is featured once on the blog between now and the Big Thaw (Saturday, May 12 – the day before Mother’s Day!)

If you enter your email and click ‘Sign me up!’ at the bar on the right hand side you won’t miss a thing. We promise to pack the spotlights full of big, beautiful pictures and not too much of the babbling.

The Big Thaw will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 10am-4pm at the Mayo Street Arts Center at 10 Mayo St. in Portland, ME. Can’t wait to see you there! It’s the day before Mother’s Day – hard to forget!

Yes. It’s here! Kris Johnsen and Meagan Anderson have done it again: The Big Thaw 2012 poster is here. Printing commences and soon you’ll be seeing these beautiful posters all over Portland. Prints will be available for sale online (TBA) as well as at The Big Thaw on Saturday, May 12th (the day before Mother’s Day) from 10-4pm at the Mayo Street Arts Center, 10 Mayo St. in Portland, ME.

Vendors have been selected and we will be posting the list for your enjoyment very, very soon. Between now and May we will have frequent features to show you all the amazing talent we are hosting! Now off to enjoy this sweltering March evening… Thaw, indeed!